Here we are, my Nerdlings! All ready to button up the year. For this last assignment, you will practice some 21st century writing.
That means, DIGITAL PUBLISHING.
How do you "POSTMODERNIZE" your selected Literary Tradition source if it is Anglo-Saxon literature & Beowulf? or if it is Romantic Literature & Frankenstein? or if it is Medieval literature & Canterbury Tales?
Find quotes from your source that embody the literary tradition they are from.
Name the elements the quotes represent, & L2 analyze them.
Describe how the meaning, effect, and purpose could be transformed - "Postmodernized" - by analyzing the original traits through the lens of Postmodern qualities.
Using your Literary Tradition source and details from your 3 posts, go to the Forum (at the bottom of the Home page) to write a blog post for your Final Exam.
It's an argument about the three works you selected for commenting here, your evidence from your Literary Tradition source, and your content from external sources.
You may want to compose on a Google doc to spell-check, etc. Be aware: if you produce your post on a Google doc, you might have to re-link and reload images & stuff to publish it as a blog post on the Forum.
After you publish on the Forum, upload your complete blogpost to Canvas in the "Final Exam Submission Container." This is where Big Nerd will score and award you credit.
To Submit this work on Canvas, you have TWO upload options:
1. Upload a PDF of the Google Doc to Canvas with all digital media intact,
2. Directly link to your blogpost here in the Forum to Canvas (click the snowman on this site & "share post" for a live link).
Now for the Final Exam Info:
You'll finish up with a blog post analysis (in the Forum) of Postmodernism using your three selections...
For detailed instructions, click on the Printarius image. Otherwise, begin blogging by clicking the light red button beneath the floating corgi: "Create New Post."
Want some guidance organizing your blogpost into a coherent argument? Check out Ima Nerd's Model-Template:
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3rd Period
Final Exam
Postmodernism Beowulf
Over view:
"Beowulf" is an Old English epic poem about the hero Beowulf. The poem opens with King Hrothgar of Denmark being attacked by the monster Grendel. Beowulf, a Geatish warrior, learns about it and travels with his warriors to save Hrothgar. Beowulf beats Grendel in a violent struggle by cutting his arm. Later, Grendel's mother wants revenge, as Beowulf enters her underwater stronghold to meet her. He kills her with a supernatural blade and returns triumphantly. Beowulf finally becomes King of the Geats, ruling peacefully for fifty years. In his old age, Beowulf faces a final test when a dragon terrorizes his land. He faces the dragon alone and is mortally wounded.…
BranchGirl22
3rd period
Final Exam Blogspot
Influences of Postmodernism
Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, recounts a turbulent tale of love, revenge, and the destructive power of passion set against the harsh Yorkshire moors. Throughout the story, the narrator contrives a reality that is both atmospheric and unreliable. Utilizing the fragmentation, magical realism, and metafiction, Bronte is able to blur the lines between truth and illusion, sanity and madness.
Summary of Element One - Fragmentation
Links to Postmodernism in Your Literary Tradition Text
Fragmentation is utilized a lot throughout Wuthering Heights, especially when Heathcliff says, “If
he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day” (Bronte #87). This…
Influences of Postmodernism
Summary of Element One
In the short story “Sink Monkey'' by Kristen Arnett, postmodern elements are present throughout the story. Looking through a lens of depth and introspectiveness, Arnett explores the ideas of identity and human emotion. This story is about a person who struggles with the thought of having a child; however, she is even more disgusted with the idea of abortion or miscarrying the baby. She eventually is able to move on and come to grips with this problem she is encompassed by.
The protagonist has mixed feelings about being president. She does not want to have to have a kid. While at first she is very much against the idea of having a kid,…
Anita Life
2nd Period
Final Exam
Postmodernism in "Frankenstein"
Introduction
Mary Shelley's “Frankenstein”, Frankenstein is a scientist who is obsessed with the idea of creating life. And he does just that. He brings a creature to life but is terrified of its appearance. The creature then gets hurt by the fact that frankenstein doesn't accept him and kills people closest to him.
Summary of Element One: world-building
Links to Postmodernism in Your Literary Tradition Text
Example: “ I collected bones from charnel-houses and disturbed, with profane fingers, the tremendous secrets of the human frame.”
This quote conveys the actions of Frankenstein while in his pursuit of creating life. It uses simple and direct language to describe these activities. By usin…
Bigfatburger05 3rd pd
Final Exam - Postmodernist Beowulf
The epic poem of “Beowulf” seems fictional and outlandish, however it may be representative of a true event. While the part that involves monsters may not be so real, it could hold a different meaning for another great hero at the time. “Beowulf” holds the postmodern elements of pastiche, metafiction, and anti-convention to show that its story is changed from its original meaning.
“Beowulf” has elements of pastiche as it may be derived from a real adventure that happened with differing details. Although there are obvious reasons the epic poem is not a direct translation from real life, it takes place in a real location and some of the characters resemble rulers of…